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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[392]] – [[Arbogast (magister militum)|Arbogast]] has [[Eugenius]] elected [[Roman emperor|Western Roman Emperor]]. * [[851]] – [[Battle of Jengland]]: [[Erispoe]] defeats [[Charles the Bald]] near the Breton town of Jengland. * [[1138]] – [[Battle of the Standard]] between Scotland and England.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Battle of the Standard (The Battle of Northallerton) |url=https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/The-Battle-of-the-Standard/ |website=Historic UK |access-date=22 August 2020}}</ref> * [[1153]] – [[Crusader–Fatimid wars]]: The fortress of [[Ascalon]] was [[Siege of Ascalon|surrendered]] by [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid Egypt]] to an army of [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|crusaders]], [[Knights Templar|Templar]]s, and [[Knights Hospitaller|Hospitallers]] led by King [[Baldwin III of Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Lev | first=Yaacov | title=State and Society in Fatimid Egypt | year=1991 | location=Leiden | publisher=Brill | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I2LwgIL_bpEC | isbn=978-9004093447 |page=104 }}</ref> *[[1485]] – The [[Battle of Bosworth Field]] occurs; King [[Richard III of England]]'s death in battle marks the end of the reigning [[House of Plantagenet|Plantagenet dynasty]] and the beginning of the Tudors under [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Weir |first=Alison |title=Britain's Royal Families |date=2008 |publisher=Vintage |isbn=978-0-09-953973-5 |author-link=Alison Weir|page=145}}</ref> *[[1559]] – Spanish [[archbishop]] [[Bartolomé Carranza]] is arrested for [[Heresy in Christianity|heresy]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1614]] – [[Fettmilch Uprising]]: Jews are expelled from [[Frankfurt]], [[Holy Roman Empire]], following the plundering of the [[Frankfurter Judengasse|Judengasse]]. *[[1639]] – Madras (now [[Chennai]]), India, is founded by the [[East India Company|British East India Company]] on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers. *[[1642]] – [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] raises his standard in [[Nottingham]], which marks the beginning of the [[English Civil War]]. *[[1654]] – [[Jacob Barsimson]] arrives in [[New Amsterdam]]. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America. *[[1711]] – Britain's [[Quebec expedition (1711)|Quebec Expedition]] loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at [[Pointe-aux-Anglais]]. *[[1717]] – Spanish troops land on [[Sardinia]]. *[[1770]] – [[James Cook]] names and lands on [[Possession Island (Queensland)|Possession Island]], and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as [[New South Wales]]. *[[1777]] – British forces abandon the [[Siege of Fort Stanwix]] after hearing rumors of [[Continental Army]] reinforcements. *[[1780]] – James Cook's ship {{HMS|Resolution|1771|6}} returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage). *[[1791]] – The [[Haiti]]an [[Haitian Revolution|slave revolution]] begins in [[Saint-Domingue|Saint-Domingue, Haiti]]. *[[1798]] – French troops land at [[Kilcummin, County Mayo]], Ireland to aid the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798|rebellion]]. *[[1827]] – [[José de La Mar]] becomes [[List of Presidents of Peru|President of Peru]]. *[[1846]] – The [[Second Federal Republic of Mexico]] is established. *[[1849]] – [[Passaleão incident]]: [[João Maria Ferreira do Amaral]], the [[Governor of Macau|governor]] of [[Portuguese Macau]], is [[Passaleão incident#Assassination of Amaral|assassinated]] by a group of Chinese locals, triggering a military confrontation between [[Qing dynasty|China]] and [[History of Portugal (1834–1910)|Portugal]] at the [[Passaleão incident|Battle of Passaleão]] three days after.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ride |first1=Lindsay Tasman |title=The Voices of Macao Stones |last2=Ride |first2=Violet May |publisher=[[Hong Kong University Press]] |year=1999 |isbn=9789622094871 |edition=Abridged |location=Hong Kong |page=45 |language=en |author-link=Lindsay Tasman Ride}}</ref> *[[1851]] – The first [[America's Cup]] is won by the [[yacht]] ''[[America (yacht)|America]]''. *[[1864]] – Twelve nations sign the [[First Geneva Convention]], establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.<ref>{{Citation | last = Pictet | first = Jean S. | title = The New Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Victims | journal = The American Journal of International Law | year = 1951 | volume = 45 | issue = 3 | pages = 462–475 | doi=10.2307/2194544| jstor = 2194544 }}</ref> *[[1875]] – The [[Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)|Treaty of Saint Petersburg]] between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of [[Sakhalin]] for the [[Kuril Islands]]. *[[1894]] – [[Mahatma Gandhi]] forms the [[Natal Indian Congress]] (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal. ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – The [[Cadillac]] Motor Company is founded. * 1902 – [[Theodore Roosevelt]] becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile. * 1902 – At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7 [[1902 Turkestan earthquake|Kashgar earthquake]] in the Tien Shan mountains.<ref name="Chen22">{{cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=Qingyu |last2=Fu |first2=Bihong |last3=Shi |first3=Pilong |last4=Li |first4=Zhao |editor1-last=Livio |editor1-first=Franz |editor2-last=Ferrario |editor2-first=Maria Francesca |title=Surface Deformation Associated with the 22 August 1902 Mw 7.7 Atushi Earthquake in the Southwestern Tian Shan, Revealed from Multiple Remote Sensing Data |journal=Remote Sensing |date=2022 |volume=14 |issue=7 |page=1663 |doi=10.3390/rs14071663 |publisher=[[MDPI]]|bibcode=2022RemS...14.1663C |doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]], [[Commander-in-chief]] of the [[Irish Free State]] Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the [[Irish Civil War]]. *[[1934]] – [[Bill Woodfull]] of [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] becomes the only [[test cricket]] captain to twice regain [[The Ashes]]. *[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: German troops begin the [[Siege of Leningrad]]. *[[1942]] – [[Brazil]] declares war on [[Germany]], Japan and [[Italy]]. *[[1944]] – World War II: [[Holocaust of Kedros]] in [[Crete]] by German forces. *[[1949]] – The [[1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake|Queen Charlotte earthquake]] is Canada's strongest since the [[1700 Cascadia earthquake]]. *[[1953]] – The [[penal colony]] on [[Devil's Island]] is permanently closed. *[[1962]] – The [[Organisation de l'armée secrète|OAS]] [[Petit-Clamart attack|attempts to assassinate]] French president [[Charles de Gaulle]]. *[[1963]] – [[X-15 Flight 91]] reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program ({{convert|107.96|km|mi|abbr=on}} (354,200 feet)). *[[1965]] – [[Juan Marichal]], pitcher for the [[1965 San Francisco Giants season|San Francisco Giants]], strikes [[John Roseboro]], catcher for the [[1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]], on the head with a [[baseball bat|bat]], sparking a [[Battle of Candlestick Park|14-minute brawl]], one of the most violent on-field incidents in sports history.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mann |first=Jack |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1965/08/30/605969/the-battle-of-san-francisco |title=The Battle Of San Francisco |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=August 30, 1965}}</ref> *[[1966]] – Labor movements [[United Farm Workers|NFWA]] and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), the predecessor of the [[United Farm Workers]]. *[[1968]] – [[Pope Paul VI]] arrives in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America. *[[1971]] – [[J. Edgar Hoover]] and [[John N. Mitchell|John Mitchell]] announce the arrest of 20 of [[the Camden 28]]. *[[1972]] – [[Rhodesia]] is expelled by the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] for its racist policies. *[[1973]] – The [[Congress of Chile]] votes in favour of a resolution condemning President [[Salvador Allende]]'s government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections. *[[1978]] – [[Nicaraguan Revolution]]: The [[Sandinista National Liberation Front|FSLN]] seizes the [[National Congress of Nicaragua]], along with over a thousand hostages. * 1978 – The [[District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment]] is passed by the U.S. Congress, although it is never ratified by a sufficient number of states. *[[1981]] – [[Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103]] disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in [[Sanyi, Miaoli|Sanyi Township]], [[Miaoli County]], [[Taiwan]]. All 110 people on board are killed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810822-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-222 B-2603 Miao-Li|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-08-16}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[1985 Manchester Airport disaster|British Airtours Flight 28M]] suffers an engine fire during takeoff at [[Manchester Airport]]. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation. *[[1989]] – [[Nolan Ryan]] strikes out [[Rickey Henderson]] to become the first [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]] to record 5,000 [[strikeout]]s. *[[1991]] – [[Iceland]] is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the [[Baltic states]]. *[[1992]] – [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] [[sniper]] [[Lon Horiuchi]] shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at [[Ruby Ridge, Idaho]]. *[[1999]] – [[China Airlines Flight 642]] crashes at [[Hong Kong International Airport]], killing three people and injuring 208 more.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas MD-11 B-150 Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport (HKG) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19990822-0 |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Alabama]] [[Chief Justice]] [[Roy Moore]] is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the [[Ten Commandments]] from the lobby of the [[Alabama Supreme Court]] building. *[[2004]] – Versions of ''[[The Scream]]'' and ''[[Madonna (Munch)|Madonna]]'', two paintings by [[Edvard Munch]], are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in [[Oslo]], Norway. *[[2006]] – [[Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612]] crashes near the Russian border over eastern [[Ukraine]], killing all 170 people on board. * 2006 – [[Grigori Perelman]] is awarded the [[Fields Medal]] for his proof of the [[Poincaré conjecture]] in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal. *[[2007]] – The [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] defeat the [[Baltimore Orioles]] 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern [[Major League Baseball]] history. *[[2012]] – [[2012–13 Tana River District clashes|Ethnic clashes]] over [[grazing rights]] for cattle in Kenya's [[Tana River District]] result in more than 52 deaths.
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